Johns Lakes

Johns Lakes: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Johns Lakes

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Johns Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.52739, -85.90235. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Johns Lakes

• Sable Falls · waterfall · Alger · ~20 km · Must-see
• Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner Light · fort · Alger · ~22 km · Must-see
• Au Sable Point Lighthouse · beach · Alger · ~30 km · Must-see
• Muskallonge Lake · lake · Luce · ~33 km · Must-see
• Muskallonge Lake State Park · lake · Luce · ~33 km · Must-see
• Twelvemile Beach · beach · Michigan · ~35 km · Must-see
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Inner Buffer Zone) · sanctuary · Alger · ~39 km · Must-see
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Federal Unit) · sanctuary · Alger · ~40 km · Must-see
• Manistique Lake · lake · Mackinac · ~41 km · Must-see
• Seney National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Schoolcraft · ~43 km · Must-see
• South Manistique Lake · lake · Mackinac · ~50 km · Must-see
• Alger Underwater Preserve · sanctuary · Michigan · ~54 km · Must-see
• Hiawatha National Forest · sanctuary · Mackinac · ~59 km · Must-see
• Miners Falls · waterfall · Alger · ~61 km · Must-see
• Tahquamenon Falls (Upper Falls) · waterfall · Luce · ~62 km · Must-see
• Betsy Lake · lake · Luce · ~62 km · Must-see
• Milakokia Lake · lake · Mackinac · ~63 km · Must-see
• Crisp Point Lighthouse · beach · Michigan · ~69 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Johns Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Johns Lakes

• Muskallonge Lake · lake · Luce · ~33 km · Must-see
• Muskallonge Lake State Park · lake · Luce · ~33 km · Must-see
• Manistique Lake · lake · Mackinac · ~41 km · Must-see
• South Manistique Lake · lake · Mackinac · ~50 km · Must-see
• Betsy Lake · lake · Luce · ~62 km · Must-see
• Milakokia Lake · lake · Mackinac · ~63 km · Must-see
• Big Island Lake Wilderness · lake · Schoolcraft · ~73 km · Must-see
• Gulliver Lake · lake · Schoolcraft · ~76 km · Must-see
• Verdant Lake · lake · Schoolcraft · ~79 km · Must-see
• Nineteen Lake · lake · Schoolcraft · ~79 km · Must-see

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